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A tablet marks the spot near where Mitchell camped on his surveying journey in 1836.

At the unveiling of the Bulla memorial for Hume and Hovell, Charles Daley the Secretary of the Victorian Historical Society suggested that the idea be extended to other explorers and a committee was formed to mark out the routes of Charles Sturt, Thomas Mitchell, Angus McMillan, and Count Paul de Strzelecki.

On Friday, December 12, at 5 p.m, Sir James Barrett and several members of the Historical Society of Victoria will visit Harrow, when Sir James will unveil the cairn which has been erected on the Glenelg River to mark the route taken by Major Mitchell in 1836. The president of Kowree Shire (Cr. P.B. Lavery) will extend a welcome to the visitors on behalf of the ratepayers of Kowree Shire, and the children of all district schools will form a guard of honor.The Horsham Times (Vic), 5 December 1930.

HAMILTON, Friday.--Cairns erected by local residents under the supervision of the Historical Society of Victoria, commemorating the stages in Major Mitchell`s historic journey of 1836, were unveiled today by Sir J. Barrett. Cairns mark the camps and places theexplorer passed when he opened up the inland parts of Western Victoria. The first to be unveiled was that marking the camp at Lake Repose, on the Brie Brie lane between Dunkeld and Gleinthompson, where Major Mitchell rested cattle for a fortnight. An inspection was made today of the stump of a tree that was inscribed by the party. Portion of the tree is now in Hamilton Botanic Gardens. In the afternoon cairns were unveiled on the Coleraine-Harrow road, about four miles from Harrow, near the Balmoral turn off. and at Harrow, where Major Mitchell, passed at the end of July and the beginning of August. On Saturday a further cairn will be unveiled at Miga Lake, which Major Mitchell passed on 20th July. Age (Melbourne), 13 December 1930.